Monitoring
- Hearing/Meeting
2025 Annual Monitoring Network Plan Review
During this hearing, the DNR will review the changes that occurred previously, present an outline of proposed changes for 2024 and 2025 and take public comment on Wisconsin's 2025 Air Monitoring Network Plan.
- News
Incidental Take Notice For Columbia County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue an authorization for the incidental taking of a rare lizard and turtle, which may result from the I-90/94 at County Highway CS Restoration Project in Columbia County.
- News
DNR To Host CWD Public Meeting In Waushara County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced it will host a public meeting with the Waushara County Deer Advisory Council to provide information on chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Wisconsin, local testing efforts and disease surveillance options being considered. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Monday, May 20, 2024 in Wautoma.
- News
Incidental Take Notice For Door County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare plant, which may result from Europe Bay Road vegetation removal in Door County.
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Emerald Ash Borer Detected In Washburn, Taylor Counties
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has detected the presence of emerald ash borer (EAB) for the first time in Washburn and Taylor counties. Burnett is now the only county without a detection since EAB was first discovered in Wisconsin in 2008.
- News
Incidental Take Notice For Adams And Columbia County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) proposes to issue a permit for the incidental taking of a rare lizard, which may result from the River Road Reconstruction Project in Adams and Columbia counties.
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Volunteer Rediscovers Rare Plant Not Seen In Wisconsin For Over 100 Years
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) today announced that a population of Maryland senna (Senna marilandica), a rare plant not seen in Wisconsin since 1911, was rediscovered in southwest Wisconsin.
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DNR Confirms CWD In Wild Deer In Pierce County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) confirms the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in Pierce County. The deer was sick and humanely dispatched in the town of Spring Lake and is within 10 miles of the Dunn and St. Croix county borders.
- Hearing/Meeting
CWD Public Meeting In Waushara County
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will host a public meeting with the Waushara County Deer Advisory Council to provide information on chronic wasting disease in Wisconsin, local testing efforts and disease surveillance options being…
- News
DNR Responds To EPA’s Designation Of PFOA And PFOS As Hazardous Substances
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced the designation of PFOA and PFOS, including their salts and structural isomers, as hazardous substances under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as "Superfund." The EPA is taking this action because significant evidence demonstrates that when released into the environment, these chemicals may present substantial danger to public health and the environment.